Leo continually breaks records. His goal tally is spectacular. It takes other great players seven or eight seasons to score the amount of goals he scores in one season. Also, some of his goals are absolute beauties.

Messi's second goal against Mallorca on Sunday was another one of those beauties.

He swung the ball home into the upper left-hand corner of the net to put the match away in the 70th minute. Goalkeeper DuduAouate dived for the ball only to see it move impossibly beyond his grasp.

The greats have a way of imposing their will on a match that can absolutely deflate opponents. For a game so predicated on team play, it's incredibly disappointing and frustrating for an opponent to see Messi single-handedly put games out of reach.

It simply isn't meant to happen in the game of football.

The debate is still up in the air as to who the greatest of all time is. One thing we can be sure of is that Messi is one of the greatest of all-time and certainly the greatest of his generation.

When a player like Messi is on the pitch you simply sit back and admire his artwork. Even his opponents have been caught in a trance from time to time.